Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is an established nucleic acid amplification
method offering rapid, accurate, and cost-effective diagnosis of infectious diseases. This …

Increased efforts in antimalarial drug discovery are urgently needed. The goal must be to
develop safe and affordable new drugs to counter the spread of malaria parasites that are …

Radioisotopic assays involve expense, multistep protocols, equipment, and radioactivity
safety requirements which are problematic in high-throughput drug testing. This study …

The aim of this review was to use geographic information systems in combination with
historical maps to quantify the anthropogenic impact on the distribution of malaria in the 20th …

Background: Malaria is one of the most important parasitic infections in humans. A sensitive
diagnostic test for malaria that could be applied at the community level could be useful in …

Background A significant reduction in parasite clearance rates following artesunate
treatment of falciparum malaria, and increased failure rates following artemisinin …

A global resurgence of malaria has taken place as a result of a lapse in preventive efforts
and the emergence of resistance to standard antimalarial drugs. New therapies are …

The prospect of malaria eradication has been raised recently by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation with support from the international community. There are significant lessons to …

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by parasitic trematode worms (schistosomes) that
currently affects 200 million people living in tropical and subtropical environments. It is a …

Leishmaniasis is a protozoan parasitic disease that affects 12 million people worldwide. The
first line choice for the treatment of this disease is antimonial drugs. In the endemic regions …